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A lot of clinical studies have now been done proving the effectiveness of acupuncture in treating epilepsy. Diagnosing and treating this condition early in children can bring about significant results. In order to attain long-term results, there are indications that acupuncture treatment needs to be prolonged and performed regularly for about a couple of years. Auriculotherapy (ear acupuncture), and body and scalp acupuncture have been proven to work for the treatment of epilepsy. Acupuncturists usually treat certain acupoints when addressing epilepsy and several symptoms of seizure associated with epilepsy. Chinese medicine has a long history of successfully resolving diseases that Western medicine has a hard time addressing. Chinese medicine can treat or even cure various types of seizure disorders. Allopathic needles are useless when it comes to the treatment of epilepsy. But, since Chinese medicine is a natural type of treatment, it takes a while before its effects are fully enjoyed by the epilepsy sufferer.

The Medical College of Ohio did a study to see if acupuncture can produce biochemical and autonomic changes in the central nervous system of animals. At the end of the study, the researchers argued that the changes that have occurred correlated with the improvement in paralysis, paresis, and seizures of the animals due to acupuncture treatment. Neurotransmitter changes and vagal nerve stimulation explain how acupuncture can affect an epileptic brain. This is also the biochemical mechanism of VNS. Acupuncture needles inserted on acupoints on the lower extremities, scalp, ear, face, and body stimulate the vagus nerve via reflex actions happening in centers receiving various inputs converging within the brain stem. In the treatment of epilepsy, these aupoints are often used by acupuncturists. Specific Chinese herbal concoctions are also used in combination with acupuncture to augment the treatment.

One of the most important acupoint used to treat eplispesy is the Shen Men point. This point is found on the ear. The ShenMen point can be stimulated electrically via a technique known as electro-acupuncture is electrical stimulation. Electro-acupuncture of the body (auricular electro-acupuncture) tend to lessen the epileptic activity in the brain’s cerebral cortex. Also, electro-acupuncture can lower the excitatory neurotransmitter levels located in the hippocampus and boosted the levels of inhibitory neurotransmitter of GABA, taurine, and glycine. Practitioners have found that a combination of Chinese herbal remedies and acupuncture in can successfully stop and reduce seizures. Seizures may be triggered by new recreational drugs or medications so proper caution is required if you are considering using these drugs.

The stimulation of the vagus nerves is attained if acupuncture needles are inserted on the extremities of the patient. Electro-acupuncture can produce anti-epileptic effects that target the cortex of the brain. Taurine can enhance the effectiveness of electro-acupuncture to shield the patient from any induced seizures. Chinese herbs rich in taurine are prescribed by practitioners for their epileptic patients. Tested in rats with pilocarpine-induced epilepsy, electro-acupuncture was able to prevent the shrinking of the brain limbic system of the rats and resolved cognitive deficits. Tests have shown that electro-acupuncture and traditional acupuncture can reverse signs of mental decline and brain aging.

Acupuncture can be an effective remedy for many of the symptoms of epilepsy as gleaned from several clinical studies. By diagnosing the condition and treating it in its early stages, acupuncture can have tremendous results in children who are affected by this disorder. It has been observed that in order to attain long-term results, the treatment needs to be continued regularly for a couple of years. Ear, body and scalp acupuncture work in the resolution of epilepsy. Certain acupuncture points are selected to treat the various symptoms of epilepsy as well as the condition’s underlying cause. Chinese medicine has earned a reputation for successfully treating conditions that Western Medicine is unable to address. Certain kinds of seizure conditions that doctors are unable to diagnose can be treated or even cured with acupuncture and various modalities of Traditional Chinese Medicine. There are very few answers, if there are at all, offered by allopathic medicine to address these types of seizures. However, there is no magic bullet that can cure epilepsy and treatment entailing the long-term use of herbal medicine may be necessary.

Scientists from the Medical College of Ohio have demonstrated acupuncture’s capacity to stimulate changes, biochemical and autonomic, in an animal’s central nervous system. These scientists think that these changes were associated with the improvement in paralysis, pareses and seizures caused by acupuncture. Neurotransmitter modification and the stimulation of the vagal nerve were seen as caused by acupuncture on the brain of epilepsy. Acupuncture points on the lower extremities, scalp, ear, face, and body stimulate the vagus nerve. These points are usually selected in the treatment of epilepsy.

Of these acupoints, one of the most important is the Shen Men point which is found on the ear. Its location on the ear is within the area of the pinna in a concave surface where a vagus nerve runs. Electric stimulation using electro-acupuncture wherein an electrical current flowing through a connected needle inserted in the ear can be used. It was observed that ear acupuncture or auriculotherapy using electro-acupuncture stimulation lowered the incidence of epilepsy in the brain cortex. Auriculatherapy combined with electro-acupuncture lowered the levels of excitatory neurotransmitters in the brain and boosted the levels of GABA, turine and glycine. Acupuncture combined with herbal medicine has been found to stop seizures or at least reduce their incidence. Seizures may also be a side effect of recreational or medical drugs in certain individuals.

The stimulation of the vagus nerve can be attained from the activation of acupoints on the extremities. This leads to a reduction of the epilepsy symptoms. Supplementing the patient with Taurine bolsters the effects of acupuncture therapy and helps protect the patient against seizures that are induced. Certain Chinese herbal formulas that can help resolve epilepsy have more or less, adequate amounts of taurine in them. In a study involving rats with induced epilepsy stimulated with electro-acupuncture, the results showed a reduction in the severity of their epilepsy. Electro-acupuncture treatment also prevented the rats’ limbic system to shrink and boosted their cognitive function, as well. It is implied on the aforementioned studies that electro-acupuncture and acupuncture combined can reverse the process of mental decline and brain aging.